" I don'y road race myself "
Have any of you been out for a breakfast ride and followed him
in person or what

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I'd rather be shot out of a cannon than squeezed out of a tube.

Two points I would like to make. I am six foot three inches tall and eighteen stone ready to ride in bike kit. The Ully is a perfect size for me. As much as I would love a 2001 Lightening The one I have sat on makes my arse look big and the bike too small for my frame. Second point I got my Ully through the MOT on Tuesday It was hilarious watching the examiner as he threw his leg over the saddle and both his feet were six inches off the ground. In all fairness he did manage to keep the bike upright and sucessfully completed the rolling brake test.
Engine parts for the Harley engines will continue for some time the XB engine, well Im not so sure about. Harley did withdraw from their promise of parts availability for ten years so it is possible that when the new Sportster engine arrives the old ones will get the same treatment.

Just think what I'd be like if I had a real buell

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Time flies like an arrow,fruit flies like a banana.

Lots of valid points, I am 6 foot 2 and agree with your comments regarding the Ully, I bought an M2 because the S1WL I was test riding failed the shop window test.
Disagree with the concern that HD may one day no longer support the sportster lump, it doesn't matter if they do or not, there are more than enough upgrade/ tuning parts available to build entire engines. The sportster lump will go on with or without HD

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Today my pet mouse Elvis died ..................He was caught in a trap
There are two types of people in this world, those that can extrapolate

Heh heh heh shop window test!

Yeah I think I would fail that test miserably on a tube frame Buell... Thinking clown on a kids bike kinda thing. (A nice looking kids bike mind)

I heard that you get as many points for that as being on your mobile while your driving.

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I'd rather be shot out of a cannon than squeezed out of a tube.

You have to let someone else do the test for you? You can't demonstrate it in their presence? I'd be pissed off if some twat wrecked my bike because it was strange and unfamiliar, which is what most Buells are to others.

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Bob Krzeszkiewicz
2012 XR1200X - 2011 Kawasaki Z1000SX - 1999 Buell X1

But you do own a Blast

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Valencia Orange XB12Scg - serviced by Maz 2018
Black P3 Blast - serviced by Maz and fixed by Maz in 2019

I think the nail has been hit squarely on the head here.......we all ride different bikes for different reason; hence most motorcylists own more than one bike. Some entirely different as above ( I have a 500 single from the 70s as well as the ultimate Buell ) and there are plenty of other bikes I would permanently add to that if permitted.....
Healthy debate and opinion is all good but I always consider the first rule of bike club when a gatheing of riders occurs. Personally I have never owned a bike like a Buell and I love it. If it inspires me to try to own different versions, then that's a good thing.
* first rule.....don't knock another's choice of ride. Out loud anyway.

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Caution: I run with scissors.

HD may have owned 98 %, but l thought that my XB was actually put together as a whole machine at Buell Drive, East Troy, Wisconsin?

Well,
A Buell or not a Buell I am happy with my XB for now, mod's done she runs and looks good.





Churchill

That facility and all who worked there, including Erik, was owned by H-D.

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

But there is an 1125 cr which is an essentially a water cooled! V twin stuck in a xb beam frame .is it a buell.or is it a rotax Powdered Harley Davidson ?

Maybe so, but I rode one liked it and bought it! Ok so I'll regret it in time and wish I'd bought a tuber back then (maybe one day I will), but I've had 10 years of joy so far.

Tell me again when the rear pot eventually collapses or I can't get a part I need for it!

It's a Rotax powered Harley with Buell badges.....designed by Erik and his team but entirely financed and owned by H-D.

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR